Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-25
SgERIFF'S FEES.
BrowninG's Bill amending the Code of
Criminal Procedure.

BrOwninG's Bill amending the Code of
Criminal Procedure.
By Browning, bill to be entitled An
act to amend article 1854, chapter >, title
10, of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
In the House, February ~, 1887. read
first time and referred to judiciary com
mittee No. !. February l., 1887, reported
favorably with amendment.
Section |. Be it enacted by the Legisla-
ture of the State of Texas: That article
1854, chapter =, title 10, of the Code Of
Criminal Procedure be so amended q, to
hereafter read as follows:
Article 1854. To the sheriff or conSta-
BILE shall be allowed the following fees, in
all cases where the charge is Il felony,
whether the defendant be convicted or &C
quilted:
l. For executing each warrant of arrest
or capias, or for making arrest without
warrant, the sum of 81.
2. For summoning or attaching each
witness, 80 cents.
3. For summoning jury, 50.
4. For executing death warrants, $50.
5. For removing prisoner, for each
mile gong and coming including guards
and all other expenses when travelling by
railroad, 10 cents: when travelling other
wise than by railroad, % cents; pro-
vlded, that when an officer goes beyond
the limits of the state after fugitive on
reqUiSition from the Governor, he shall
be allowed the same fees and mileage as
for like services in this state; for each
mile he may be compelled to travel In
executing criminal process, summoning
or attaching witnesses, cents; for trav-
cling in the service of process, not other
wise provided for, the sum of cents for
each mile going end returning; if two or
more persons are mentioned in the writ,
he shall charge for the distance actually
and necessarily Travelled in the service of
the ssme.
c. For conveying witness attached
by him to any court, or grand jury, out
of his county, his actual necessary tx
penses by the nearest practicable public
conveyances, the amount to be stated by
him under oath and approved by the Judge
of the court from which the attachment
issued, such account to become due when
so approved; and the sheriffs' or con-
stables return shall, in every instance,
show the time and place of service.
7. For attending g prisoner en- habeas
corpus, where such prisoner is charged
with a felony, for each day, 50, together
with mileage as above, when removing
such prisoner out of the county under
proper authority; and all fees accruing to
the sheriff or constable in cases where
the charge is felony, shall become due
at the close of each term of the District
court.
COMMITTEE REPORT.
COMMITTEE ROOM,
AUSTIN, Feb. Is, 1887.
Hon. George G. Pendeton, Speaker of the
House of Representat.V S,
SIR-Your judiciary committee No. l,
to whom was referred House bill No Al,
entitled "An act to amendsarticle 1914,
chapter 80, title 10, of the Code of Crimi-
nal Procedure" have had the same under
consideration, and instruct me to report
it bsck to the House with the recon-
mendation that it do pass with the fol-
lowing amendment:
Amend by adding "or by mol pros. or
upon judgment of dismissal" in line 6,
section /, after the word acquitted"
All of Which is respectfully submitted.